It's almost February, which means it's almost time to celebrate Valentine's Day and all the people we love.It's also a great time to think about why you love your library!Come by the library to pick up a "What My Library Means to Me" card, and Mrs. G. will deliver it to our state legislators!See Mrs. G. if you have questions!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

The library has received several new books recently, and this week we'll be previewing some of our newest titles!

Here are just a few of our newest selections

A Birthday for Bear by Bonny BeckerBear does not like birthdays. He doesn’t like parties or balloons, cards or candles. In fact, Bear does not like anything to do with birthdays at all. He would much rather spend his birthday alone cleaning his house, but Mouse, small and gray and bright-eyed, has other ideas.

Humpty Dumpty Jr.: Hardboiled Detective by Nate EvansAll kids have to go to school, even detectives' sidekicks. But Rat really doesn't want to. That is, until he finds out that he might be King Arthur reborn and gets invited to join Merlin's Institute for the Knowledge of Everything. But there is a problem. Princess Lily, Humpty and Rat's new friend, claims there is a ghost haunting the school. And not just any ghost one that eats magic! Can our three heroes banish the ghost from the school? Or will the ghost splatter and scramble Humpty and his friends?

The Wickit Chronicles: Ice Road by Joan LennonIt's the harshest winter anyone can remember, and the vast waterways of the Fens are frozen solid, transformed into an Ice Road. The conditions are ideal for a surprise invasion by young King Arnald s banished uncle. Wickit Monastery is under threat too a bitter illness has struck down almost all the brothers, and a ghost walks across the snow. Can the orphan Pip and Perfect, the stone gargoyle, save the Brothers, their friend the King, and their country?

Horse Crazy: The Royal Show by Alison LesterWhen Bonnie and Sam receive the invitation of their dreams to assist their riding teacher at the Royal Show they can't believe it! But on their way they encounter a starving pony that needs their help, and they must figure out a way to rescue the pony and help their teacher. The suspense will enthrall young readers as the two friends overcome a number of obstacles on their journey.

Pirate School: Treasure Trouble by Brian JamesThey've done it!!! The pirate kids have found buried treasure!!! Too bad Rotten Tooth was there to take it away, mumbling something about scallywags . . . But when all the pirates on the Sea Rat come down with a mysterious illness, the kids start to wonder if it could have something to do with their treasure. Could it be cursed?

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Fourth and Fifth graders are listening to excerpts from The Strange Case of Origami Yoda, a hilarious book about what happens when a group of students starts taking advice from a piece of paper! Click here for the Origami Yoda website! Here's a video from the book's author about how to make your own origami yoda:

Third graders are listening to Dark Emperor & Other Poems of the Night, a collection of poems about nightfall in the forest. Here's a video which shows some of the book's illustrations:

These and many other new books have recently been added to the library. Come by to check them out!